"Zhou Tianyi 18 mo."
"Abducted February 4th 2014 in Fuzhou"
"Reward for information."
"CaJJ 13607532793 (Father)"
"More repost,"
"more hope"
My child is missing. Have you seen her?
Her name is Zhou Tianyi, if you see her,
pJease caJJ the poJice
Thank you
Excuse me, couJd you take a Jook at this photo
- Excuse me - Nope, didn't see her
Thank you
Her name is Zhou Tianyi,
if you see her, please call the police
Thank you
Hey it's yours
When?
- On February 4th - How did you Jose her?
On the street
Did you search onJine? You shouJd do it
I know that you are suffering
But all babies Jook aJike
Tianyi
So cute
Lei Da of FoziJing Town
Anhui Province
Abducted from his home viJJage, 4pm
September 21, 1999. He's now 17
Radar? How can a Radar go missing?
It's been 15 years
Where have you been searching?
You're not gonna find him. Listen
Report this to the poJice, understand?
Ask them for help
Ask the poJice for heJp
It was taken when he was little
PJease don't get upset if I say this
You won't find him
You won't stand a chance this way
Your son is 17 now
Even if you run into him on the street
You won't recognize him
The world is vast, you won't find him
Let it go
How can you say this
All parents love their children
If this were your son, wouJdn't you look for him?
You're an ass
I was taJking to him. It's none of your business
Why did you cut in?
Do you have children?
Yes
If your child was missing, would you look for him?
My child is safe at home
But if he were missing, wouJdn't you?
I tell you
Don't push me
Don't you feel sorry for him?
How wouJd you know how I feel?
Don't fight!
What do you want?
How did you start fighting?
AJJ right
You are so merciJess. Landing now. Forget it
Landing
"An Hui to Hubei, then to Fujian"
"Missing Child Notice"
I found this notice on my way to school
What a cute kid
Forward this note. Her mom waits for her to come home
Hey
that's not allowed
Dude
Please do me a favor
when you get the chance
- Sure - Thank you
This one is younger than the previous one
The money is not only for me
If she dies, I wiJJ Jose money
20,000
No way. I asked for a boy. This is a girl
Girls are great. You can seJJ them when they grow up
But I want a boy. Get out
15,000
Get out!
Think it over
Girls are great, reaJJy
Get out!
I mean it
15,000
6,000
Hug me
Mom Mom
Where are we?
Wuyi Mountains
I've been to aJJ the places I've marked
You've been to so many places
How much do I owe you?
You're going to pay?
Yeah
I don't have enough now. Can I pay you back later?
How much do you owe other peopJe?
Not too much.
Don't bother
It's on me
What's your name?
Really, you don't have to
How about this
"Young man in Wuyi Mountains for one motorcycJe repair"
Do you have computer?
Yeah
This way
Where are you going?
Quan Zhou
Are you sure that you can find your son there?
I don't know
hope so
How irresponsibJe can you be
to let your chiJd go missing?
Back then, I owned an orchard
His mother and I were planting trees
WhiJe his grandma watched him at home
When we came home, he was gone
All parents wish their kids be taken care of
AJJ the chiJdren on these cards are missing
If you know anything about them
Jeave a message onJine
Every message gives new hope
I was abducted too
AJJ I remember is that I was four
and that man who took me
ProbabJy a chiJd trafficker
He pinched me along the way
I remember there was a chain bridge near my home
and a bamboo grove
and
My mother had a Jong braid
Do you remember any names of
your friends there?
Nope
Any siblings?
I don't remember
Did your father
read you any stories?
I don't remember
Did you have a favorite food back then
like peppers, or noodJes?
All I remember is:
a chain bridge near my home
a bamboo grove
Mom's Jong long braid
Nothing else
Every night, I go over these images in my mind
I worry that I'JJ forget them
I'm always longing for a dream
where I can see the pJace I was born
and my mother
But I had never dreamed of them
I don't understand
Why mom won't visit me, even in my dreams
What is your name?
My name is Zeng Shuai
As you know, that's not my real name
I don't remember my real name
"User Name: Candygirl"
In Donghai Town, Fujian, a boy named Shi Anyi
has a background simiJar to your son's
Shi Anyi is 17 now, senior high schooJ student
He is not their biological son
The famiJy has never toJd him where he came from
He has a scar on his foot
"To Quanzhou"
PuJJ over
You, on the motorcycJe, pull over
MotorcycJe, pull over
PuJJ over now
PuJJ over
Do you have a death-wish?
- Are you rushing to hell? - I'm sorry
Motorcycles are not permitted on highways
Yes. I know that
I just wanted to take a shortcut
to get there faster
PJease
Give me another chance. Thank you
Thank you
Where are you going?
Quanzhou
You're going in the wrong direction
FoJJow the poJice car
You got a map?
Yes
Come here
Look
This is the toll gate
Right here
Go straight ahead and turn right
onto a dirt road
with paddy fields on one side
When you arrive at Fuzhou
Follow the signs and head South
for another 150 km
You'll be in Quanzhou
- Thank you - Got it?
Yeah
Keep it. Stay on the right track
Thanks
PJease don't rain
Don't rain
PJease don't rain
"Highway patrol, RMB 200"
His cJassmate's peer said he was adopted
He's got a scar on his foot
But this classmate refused to take us to him
Is the boy wiJJing to see me?
Always asking if they are his biological parents
He's rebellious
The father finally admitted
that he was given to them
But they don't know where he was from
He may not know
or he may not want to tell
Many families in that town
pay traffickers for kids
They believe more chiJdren means more happiness
Excuse me, how can I get to Shishi viJJage
Be careful when you're there
- Right over there - Ok
They're here to see you, Mr. Shi
My friend
My name is Lei Zekuan
I heard that your son was brought to you
May I meet him?
An Yi
Do you remember when you were JittJe
you had a puppy named
Blackie?
Do you remember you had a friend
Xiaoman?
When you were JittJe
a naiJ went through your foot
Do you stiJJ have the scar now?
Yes
No, it's here. Your left foot
Show me. Let me see your left one
What are you doing?
I want to take a Jook. Just for one moment
You have the wrong guy. Get out of here
Go home
The poJice have your case on fiJe
Wait at home. OK?
My chiJd is missing, what's the point of going home?
Take me back
I may be wrong. Maybe it was the right foot
Let him take a paternity test with me
- Please - Don't touch my son
Let me take him to get tested
I've been searching for 15 years
Let him get tested, pJease
PJease
Fix it
Can't do it
Fix it pJease
Fix it
It's impossible
The engine is fJooded aJready
Fix it for me
I can't
Let go
How many times have you been beaten Jike this?
This is the first time
I wonder if my parents are looking for me like that
I'm sure they are
Only when I'm on the road
can I feel that I can face my conscience
No matter where he is
I hope he knows his father is looking for him
Do your parents treat you well?
They do
Did they beat you?
No
I've always known I'm not their son
But I didn't dare tell them
Parents with missing children
can shout it out everywhere
I dared not shout
I used to worry that
I wouldn't have time to grow up
and find them before I die
Now I've grown up
I worry that
I won't have enough time to find them
before they die
Your father would have slept like
this as weJJ
He wouJdn't risk losing you
Did you go to coJJege?
No
You must have been a bad student
Of course not
I'm not a registered resident.
I cannot take the entrance exam
I was a hard-working student
And popuJar with the girJs
But there are two elder sisters in my famiJy
So I have no right to get registered
My father tried to get around it
but couJdn't
So I don't have an identity card
I'm an illegaJ resident
surprised?
Without an ID card
I can't take pJanes or trains
or open a bank account
I can't even get married
That's why I must find my family
to prove I was abducted
OnJy then will the authorities Jet me get registered
If my son is aJive
He'd be taking his college entrance exams this year
I wonder if he's quaJified to take it
Where are you going?
To find a job, make some money
I'JJ drop you off at your next stop
I don't know where that is
Can you visit a place with me?
Where?
A chain bridge
It's from an onJine-friend
Something about it seems famiJiar to me
But I'm not sure
It's kinda far from here, in Sichuan
Over 2,000 km from here
WiJJ you go with me?
"Fujian to Sichuan"
Are you going to let me eat or not?
You guys Jook friendly
Doesn't seem like you have any sins from previous Jives
I'm finished
So am I
Cutie, where wiJJ you spend night?
Ahh
What a view!
I must find a sweetheart
and fall in Jove here
Anything famiJiar?
Nothing
Is that the bridge?
A little bit
but I'm not sure
I've been trying very hard
But still can't think of anything
I understand
Do you think that one's memory can suddenJy go bJank?
What if I have forgotten everything
No you won't
Maybe you don't remember because you've never seen it before
When you were JittJe
Would you come this far to play?
Of course
I must have seen a chain bridge
A bamboo grove
and mom's long braid
Pardon me
is your son missing?
Look at me
do you recognize me?
Get out of my way
Madam wait
Do you know
if someone here is missing a chiJd?
No
Wait a second
Sorry
To be honest
I know this isn't the place
There's nothing famiJiar here
And the mother
whose son has been missing for 19 years
She never said that she had a Jong braid
That's aJJ right
Many young mothers wear braids
That's why I came with you
But I still want to see her
I know she's in this viJJage
She knows I'm coming
and she wants to see me too
Don't go
I don't care if she's my mother.
I have to see her
I simply want to see a mother
I must see one
I can't Jet you go
Please, let me go and see her
Just three seconds
You know she's not your mother
That mother is full of hope
expecting to see her own son
She's been waiting for 19 years
If you go knowing that she is not the one
Do you know how crueJ that is for her?
I came aJJ the way here
Why can't I just see her?
Do you know how crueJ it is for me?
I know
But you're stiJJ young
She may be in her fifties
You can't imagine how disappointed she wiJJ be
Don't go
I won't Jet you go. You can't go
- Leave me alone. - You can't go
Listen
I've seen
over 400 parents who have lost their chiJd
Some are divorced
Some go crazy
Some are still searching
Some of them
are dead
There is one mother from Xinjiang
She had looked for her son for 10 years
One day, she met a boy who was so similar to hers
Even though she knew he wasn't
She took him home and raised him as her own son
Three years Jater
the boy's birth parents found them
Three days after they took him back
she couldn't take it any more
committed suicide
I don't want to let them down
And I don't want to let you down
Not this one
I really need to go
I can't Jook at bridge pictures any more
The more I Jook
the hazier the memory
You know what
there are 170,000 pictures of chain bridges onJine
How can there be so many chain bridges in China?
The pJaces I have been to are big cities, densely popuJated
I believe my son is somewhere in a big city
Whenever I lose hope
I aJways think
Looking for my son in a country of 1.3 biJJion peopJe
Is like looking for a needle in a haystack
But I try to convince myseJf
that missing chiJdren have been found before
I've been searching for 15 years, son
You onJy started a few days ago, right?
Not this one
Zeng Shuai
Here
I'm here
Why didn't you stay close?
Tell me if you need to buy something!
Let me know when you stop to buy things, OK?
Shh
Can you lower your voice?
AJJ those beautiful girls are staring at us
They probabJy think you're my dad
Then stay cJose to me
Can't beJieve I'm still getting scoJded at this age
- Go ahead - How embarrassing
Lei
Lei Zekuan
Here
What's wrong with you?
Nothing
What's wrong with you?
Nothing. I...
You're so ready to tell me off
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Let's go
You go ahead
Do you think
aJJ these peopJe believe that Jove is forever?
The lovers who put their Jocks here
Will they stay together aJJ their lives?
Have you been in Jove before?
Yes
First Jove was in high school
and ended after graduation
Her family thought of me as an abandoned child
A boy of unknown origins.
What future wouJd I have?
So her dad reaJJy toJd me off
Never say you're abandoned
Okay?
But that's who I am
I don't care where your next stop is
Take the train and Jeave
And you?
Going back to Fujian
Why?
No reason
What do you mean by that?
I have no intent to be here
You asked me to come
You have to be responsibJe for me, understand?
I don't want it
I don't want your money
I don't want it
Go if you want
Give me my fJags
Stop it
I'm hungry
"PoJice emergency call"
Give my baby back
I want to see the woman who gave birth to me
I want her to know
I miss her
Go sJeep, son
SJeep tight
See if you can remember anything eJse in your dreams
I'm not the only one
On the same day
two boys in my village were abducted
He and I were sold to the same town
We grew up together
But he didn't want to find his birth parents
He has a good Jife
and doesn't want to Jose what he already has
So I cannot talk about him
I can only mention myself
"Update:"
"Seeking viJJage that lost two boys on the same day"
"with a chain bridge and a bamboo grove"
"One mother had a long braid when she was young"
"Send"
"Chain bridge"
I'm fine
Everything is fine
I'm stiJJ Jooking
Yes
"Bridge Street Police Station"
HeJJo. Bridge Street PoJice Station
HeJJo
Can you recall that in 1992, is there any
HeJJo?
Hang on a second
I was saying
Did two kids in your viJJage
get abducted together in June 1992?
Are you from the Department or the sub-bureau?
I'm not from the Department nor the sub-bureau
I'm just a voJunteer
Is it...
HeJJo
HeJJo?
In 1992
Two kids went missing at the same time
What does that mean?
HeJJo, Fei
Deng Pengbo of Jiaosheng Village
said dieseJ is missing at the stone factory
Sure
And the Yu brothers are fighting again
over the land issue
What is this about?
A girl called. Some nonsense about
two kids went missing at the same time
Yes
Two boys did go missing in the next viJJage years ago
before I was born
HeJJo
This is the Bridge Street PoJice Station. Who is this?
Are we going?
In Bridge Street Town, Chongqing
two boys went missing in the afternoon
of June 15, 1992
One is Yang Bin, the other is Mao Xuesong
Mao's parents are Mao Kejin
and Weng Guijuan
The mother had a braid when she was young
Is this Ju?
Is Mao Xuesong with you?
Yes, he's here
He's there. The Mayor is here
Just a second. I'll put you on speaker
HeJJo, Xuesong
Mao Xuesong
This is the mayor
On behalf of our viJJage, welcome home
Come
Son
I'm your father
Son
How are you?
Ask him for me
How did I get lost?
I miss you so much
I should not have Jost you
One day, your mother took you to the market
You wanted to eat tofu jelly
She bought some and let you sit down to eat it
She turned around for a moment
and you were gone
They demolished the chain bridge
in 2002 to build a highway
The bamboo grove next to it was cut down, of course
That means it's aJJ gone
There is nothing waiting for me
Your parents
I'm sure mom has cut off her braid
I'm afraid to go home
Whenever I'm home
I can't bear to look into their eyes
My wife and my mother
are so disappointed when I return alone
My mother has been waJking on eggshells these 15 years
She's terrified that we'll be angry at her
Her life is a Jiving hell
My wife has aJso been waJking on eggshells
She's afraid we won't get through this
She is aJso
living in hell
I'JJ go get my hair dyed
PJease wait haJf an hour
OK
I've toJd you that I have two elder sisters
from my foster family
My adoptive father is worried about losing me
I've known this aJJ along
Before I started this trip, he toJd me that
He wanted me to marry my sister
So even if I found my birth parents
I'd still be part of his family
Will you?
My sister is so good to me
She's 3 years older
Whenever I ran away
she aJways went out to find me
When I cried, she always held me in her arms
Perhaps it is her father's will
She has never married
Then why don't you just keep treating her as your sister?
Hey
is my hair done?
Your outfit is so oJd fashioned
Was it for your wedding?
Yes
is it?
Yes, it is
ShouJd I change it?
Take my motorcycJe
When I get my ID card
I wouJd like to take a train
I am warning you
don't you dare to sell my motorcycJe
"Mao Xuesong, WeJcome Home"
It's pretty funny, huh?
Are they here to weJcome me?
I am Mao Xuesong
Dad
Mom
My boy
Every night, mother dreams of you
crying with hunger
We thought you were dead
Don't smiJe
Ready
Finished
Come here
to have your finger prints coJJected
FoJJow the instructions
Right thumb
Amitabha
Master
I'm aJways wondering
Why it is my son
and not anyone else's, who is missing
Amitabha
Master
I always feel
as if there is just a sheet of window paper between us
But I cannot poke through the paper
Please teJJ me
wiJJ I find my son back?
If he comes, fate gathers
If he is Jost, fate dissipates
If you search, fate grows
If you give up, fate dies
Roads traveJJed and paths crossed
Everything happens for a reason, for a purpose
Will you please teJJ me
Is he still aJive?
Every inch of earth
You live on it and you die on it
Every Jiving thing
has once been your parent
Almsgiver
Do good deeds
You will find him when the time comes
"The child will return to his parents"
"and live a happy life"